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Mystic Seaport Museum will lay off a large portion of its staff April 1 in an effort to weather the impact of COVID-19.The maritime museum closed its…
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Listen Tuesday at 9:00 am.Amid the constant discussion of Connecticut residents leaving the state, the shoreline may soon be home to five new residents:…
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Amid the constant discussion of Connecticut residents leaving the state, the shoreline may soon be home to five new residents: Beluga whales. Mystic…
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When we think about animals that inhabit the cold New England ocean, sharks, seals, or lobsters may spring to mind. But there’s another critter lurking in…
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Experts are hoping to learn more about how a species of crab, normally found in the warmer waters of the mid-Atlantic and Gulf Coast, wound up in the New…
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At 6:25 a.m. on the cloudy, humid first day of summer, two teenage aquaculture students huddle at the back of their school boat as it backs away from a…
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Waters off the coast of Maine are warming faster than 99 percent of the world's oceans. That's forcing whales northward in pursuit of prey, threatening some of their already dwindling populations.
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A new study finds that tuna harvests, including of some species considered "vulnerable," have increased by an astonishing 1,000% in the last 60 years — a rate some scientists warn is unsustainable.
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What would it have been like to see a huge, elephant-like mastodon roaming our state? The earth has been home to some spectacularly large animals. A few…
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Fear of sharks spiked last summer after a great white fatally bit a 26-year-old surfer off the coast of Cape Cod. The fever still runs high as reports of…